by Alanna Gomez
Joe Borowski may not be a familiar name to the younger set of pro-lifers today, but it is safe to bet that his contributions to the pro-life movement have not been forgotten by the older generation. In the 1980’s he came closer than anyone else in challenging the laws surrounding abortion in Canada in and achieving pro-life legislation. His biographer, Lianne Laurence, even described his attempt as “the most sensational trial [in Canada] since Louis Riel was sentenced to hang for treason nearly a century ago.”